2023-05512. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Spectrum Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on January 13, 2023, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), National Spectrum Consortium (“NSC”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Dish Wireless LLC, Englewood, CO; CyOne, Inc., Aberdeen, MD; Nexcepta, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD; Clarity Cyber LLC, Linthicum, MD; Edge Case Research, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Adsys Controls, Inc., Irvine, CA; Ultralight Industries Corp., Blue Ash, OH; and Pareto Frontier LLC, Westford, MA, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Coda Octopus Colmek, Murray, UT; Consolidated Resource Imaging LLC, Grand Rapids, MI; Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA; Capraro Technologies, Inc., Utica, NY; Spectrum Bullpen LLC, Palm Bay, FL; Axellio, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO; Exyn Technologies, Philadelphia, PA; Aurotech LLC, Silver Spring, MD; Micron Technology, Inc., Seattle, WA; Wind Talker Innovations, Inc., Fife, WA; TurbineOne LLC, San Francisco, CA; Aqsacom Incorporated, Irving, TX; Capstone Partners, Inc., Lancaster, PA; AlphaPixel LLC, Evergreen, CO; KinetX, Inc., Tempe, AZ; M2 Technology, Inc., San Antonio, TX; Onclave Networks, Inc., McLean, VA; LAINE Technologies, Goose Creek, SC; Applied Technology, Inc., King George, VA; Encryptor, Inc., Plano, TX; Global Technical Systems, Virginia Beach, VA; and RPI Group, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and NSC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 23, 2014, NSC filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 4, 2014 (79 FR 65424).

The last notification was filed with the Department on October 14, 2022. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 8, 2022 (87 FR 67494).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.